Carpenter's Column: When life gives you melons

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Carpenter's Column: When life gives you melons

TOM CARPENTER Columnist
Jun 22, 2025
10 hrs ago

It’s watermelon weather/That summer kind of weather/When people get together and sing.—Guy Webster

When one has tasted watermelon, he knows what angels eat.—Mark Twain

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